Climate Change in Eastern Europe

Donetsk oblast and climate change

Donetsk oblast occupies only 4.4% of Ukraine’s territory, but accounts for more than a half of the country’s coal re- serves and production of steel, coke and pig iron. One fifth of industrial potential is concentrated here with more than a thousand enterprises in the mining, metallurgical and chemi- cal industries, the energy sector and heavy machinery. There are about 300 deposits of mineral resources. As a result around 78% of the industry in Donbas may be considered environmentally hazardous. The biggest share of harmful emissions into the air are of carbon dioxide, methane and sulphur dioxide. In 2009 methane emissions in the oblast totalled 350,000 tonnes, or about 42% of the total emissions in Ukraine. A combination of modern resource-saving technologies and the introduction of automatic monitoring systems at enterprises in the oblast would lead to a decline in GHG emissions. Unfortunately, about 70% of large industrial enterprises are still not able to reduce GHG emissions in practice. Yet Zasyadko coalmine, the largest in Ukraine, is a positive example of the integration of new technology through the Kyoto Protocol’s financial instruments. Equipment for methane utilization has been installed, and a co-generation power plant started operation as a result of contracts with Australian and Japanese companies. The system is also able to measure methane concentrations and the speed of their build up in the mine, helping to prevent accidents (20 to 55 miners annually die at the mine). Currently about 41 million cubic metres of methane are processed at the mine, and 194 million kWh of electricity and 168,000 Gcal of thermal energy produced. Other mines have also implemented methane utilization projects. Donetsk oblast has obtained official support for 25 joint implementation projects under the Kyoto Protocol, with a total volume of 33 million tonnes of carbon equivalent.

Krasnyi Lyman

Sloviansk

Siversk

Krasnyi Lyman

Kramatorsk

Siversk Druzhkivka Artemivsk Kostiantynivka Dzerzhynsk Horlivka Sloviansk

Dobropillia

Kramatorsk Novohrodivka

Druzhkivka Artemivsk Kostiantynivka Dzerzhynsk Horlivka Makiyivka

Debaltseve Yenakiyieve Zhdanivka

Dymytrov

Krasnoarmiysk

Dobropillia

Yasynuvata Avdiivka

Novohrodivka

Selydove

Debaltseve Yenakiyieve Zhdanivka Shakhtarsk Torez Amvrosiyivka

Dymytrov

Krasnoarmiysk Kuakhove Marinka Vel. Novosilka Selydove

Yasynuvata Avdiivka

Makiyivka Khartsyzk

Snizhne

Donetsk

Shakhtarsk Torez Amvrosiyivka

Kuakhove Marinka Vel. Novosilka Dokuchayevsk

Khartsyzk

Snizhne

Donetsk

Komsomolske

Volnovakha

Dokuchayevsk

Komsomolske

Volnovakha

Mariupol

Novoazovsk

Mariupol

Novoazovsk

Yalta

Yalta

Industry in Donetsk oblast

Industry in Donetsk oblast

Thermal power plants Metallurgical works

Coal and chemical industry enterprises Mines, mining enterprises and open pits Coal and chemical industry enterprises Mines, mining e terprises and open pits

Thermal power plants Metallurgical works

Map produced by ZOÏ Environment Network, July 2011 Source: Ministry of Environmental Protection of Ukraine, The Land of our Concern , Donetsk 2010 Map produced by ZOÏ Environment Network, July 2011 Source: Ministry of Environmental Protection of Ukraine, The Land of our Concern , Donetsk 2010

Source: Ministry of Environmental Protection of Ukraine, The Land of our Concern , Donetsk 2010.

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